Brightness Enhancement Structure of Side-Type LCD Backlight Module

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to a brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of a side-type backlight module applicable to a liquid crystal display, which comprises: a light screen, being a partial-open tube-like structure, having a primary visible light layer coated on the inner circumference thereof; at least a light cover, each substantially being an extending of a side of the light screen while being bended inwardly with respect to the primary visible light layer; and at least a light-emitting source, each being a bar-shaped tube or light emitting diode, capable of emitting blue/ultraviolet light while being enclosed in the concave of the corresponding light cover. By which, not only most of the visible light can be reflected and emitting out of the brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure without being blocked by the light-emitting source, but also the visible light, generated from the excitation of a fluorescence/phosphorescence material of the visible light layer, can be reflected and emitting out of the brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure without being filtered by the visible light layer.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a brightness-enhanced light-emittingstructure of a side-type backlight module applicable to a liquid crystaldisplay, and more particularly, to a backlight module capable ofemitting visible light rays, primarily excited from the surface of thefluorescent/phosphorescent coating of a visible light layer, in areflective manner, so that not only the light utilization efficiency andthe intensity of light as it is entering light guide plates is greatlyimproved, but also it can be adapted for any luminescent assembly,device and apparatus.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Generally, the brightness of any conventional light emitting device,such as a fluorescent lamp, is dependent upon the light utilizationefficiency of the light source used thereby, no matter it is being usedas the light emitting device of a light fixture, a display board, aalarm device, or any electronic apparatus. As fluorescent lamps are moreefficient than incandescent light bulbs of an equivalent brightnesssince more of the consumed energy is converted to usable light and lessis converted to heat, allowing fluorescent lamps to run cooler, mostluminescent apparatuses available now adopt fluorescent lamps as theirlight sources. A fluorescent lamp is substantially a glass tube filledwith an inert gas and mercury vapor while the inner surface of the tubeis coated with a fluorescent paint made of varying blends of phosphors.When the light is turned on, the electric power heats up the cathode ofthe fluorescent lamp enough for it to emit electrons. These electronscollide with and ionize inert gas atoms in the tube to form a plasma bya process of impact ionization. As a result of avalanche ionization, theconductivity of the ionized gas rapidly rises, allowing higher currentsto flow through the lamp, and thus the mercury is then likewise ionized,causing it to emit light in the ultraviolet (UV) region. The UV light isabsorbed by the fluorescent coating, which re-radiates the energy atlower frequencies to emit visible light. The blend of phosphors controlsthe color of the light, and along with the tube's glass prevents theharmful UV light from escaping. However, the aforesaid fluroscent lampis disadvantageous in that:

-   -   (1) As the fluorescent coating is a phosphor film with a        specific thickness while the surface of the phosphor film can be        easily excited by the ultraviolet light to emit visible light,        the intensity of the ultraviolet light is weakening as it is        penetrating deeper into the phosphor film so that the visible        light generated deep in the phosphor is conceivably fewer than        that from the surface of the fluorescent coating. Consequently,        the fluorescent coating can be considered to be a light emitting        device capable of emitting most light from its surface and        lesser light from its interior. That is, visible light created        deep inside the fluorescent coating will be weaker than that        created at the surface thereof.    -   (2) The fluorescent coating is not a good translucent material        and will cause the luminous intensity of the visible light,        generated from the surface thereof, to be weakened when it is        passing through the fluorescent coating and exiting from the        glass tube. That is, the luminous intensity of the visible light        is adversely affected by the fluorescent coating.

Please refer to FIG. 1, which shows a conventional LCD backlight module.The conventional backlight module 1 is comprised of a panel 11, adiffuser plate 12, a light guide plate 13, a reflective sheet 14, and alight source 15 arranged at a side or bottom of the light guide plate13. In FIG. 1, the backlight module 1 is substantially a side-typebacklight module since the light source 15 is arranged at a side of thelight guide plate 13, and a semi-circular light screen 16 is arranged ata side of the light source 15 opposite to that of the light guide plate13 for reflecting and re-directing the light emitting from the lightsource 15 toward the light guide plate 13. As soon as the light of thelight source 15 is reflected by the light screen 16 and enters the lightguide plate 13, it is being reflected and diffused by the reflectivesheet 14 and the diffuser plate 12 for ensuring a uniform distributionof the light intensity onto the entire surface of the panel 11. Althoughthe enhancing of the brightness of the light source 15 is quite capableof improving the uniform distribution and brightness of the panel 11,the brightness-enhanced light source 15 might generate more heat andthus heat-dissipating problem must be considered. Therefore, the designof the light screen 16 is becoming the key factor affecting thebrightness of the backlight module 1. Since if the light screen 16 cannot sufficiently reflect the light of the light source 15 and redirectthe reflected light to enter the light guide plate 13, it can beconcluded that not all of the light emitted from the light source 15will enter the light guide plate 13 to be reflected and diffused by thereflective sheet 14 and the diffuser plate 12, and thus the brightnessof the backlight module is adversely affected. However, most of theimprovements over the backlight module are addressing either on theenhancing of the brightness of the light source, or on the redesigningof the structures of the diffuser plate, the light guide plate, and thereflective sheet, such as, adopting light emitting diode as the lightsource, designing a wedge-shaped light guide plate, or disposingmicrostructures on the diffuser plate, there is hardly any improvementon the light screen. As the structure shown in FIG. 1, a portion of thelight reflected by the light screen 16 is blocked by the light source 15itself and con not enter the light guide plate 13, such that the lightutilization efficiency of the light source 15 is poor since not all thelight emitted from the light source 15 can enter the light guide plate13.

Please refer to FIG. 3, which shows an ultraviolet-emitting backlightmodule, disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,739,879, entitled “Backlightingdevice for liquid crystal displays”. The backlight module of FIG. 3 iscomprised of: (a) a UV lamp 66 with a UV transmitting quartz envelop foremitting and transmitting UV light 63; (b) a light guide 60 disposed infront of the UV lamp 66 which allows visible light to traveltherethrough, the light guide 60 having a front surface, a rear surface,and a proximal edge surface; (c) a lamp holder 67 with a UV-reflectinginterior surface 64, which, in cooperation with the proximal edgesurface of the light guide 60, encloses the UV lamp 66; and (d) afluorescent layer 65 placed between the quartz envelop of the UV lamp 66and the proximal edge surface of the light guide 60 capable ofconverting UV light 63 into visible light 62.

The advantage of the aforesaid backlight module is that: as thefluorescent layer 65 is only being placed between the quartz envelop ofthe UV lamp 66 and the proximal edge surface of the light guide 60, theultra-violet (UV) light 63 is enabled to travel through the fluorescencelayer 65 only when it enters the light guide 60, such that the visiblelight 62 does not have to travel through any fluorescence layer 65, andthus a superior energy utilization efficiency can be achieved by thefact that little or no visible light is absorbed by the fluorescentlayer 65. However, the aforesaid backlight module is disadvantageous inthat: although the visible light 62 will not be absorbed by thefluorescent layer 65, the structure of the lamp holder 67 is notimproved for enhancing the mount of the UV light to be reflected therebyand directed toward the light guide 60, moreover, as most of the visiblelight 62 excited form the surface of the fluorescent layer 65 isfiltered by the fluorescent layer 65 before being discharged therefromand the intensity of the ultraviolet light 63 is weakening as it ispenetrating deeper into the fluorescent layer 65, in addition to thatthe fluorescent layer 65 is not made of a good translucent material, thebrightness of the fluorescent layer 65 is mainly dependent upon thosevisible light 62 generated from the interior of the fluorescent layer 65so that the light utilization efficiency is poor.

Except for the aforesaid UV lamp, light emitting diode (LED) is commonlyused for illumination as it is compact, solid, energy-saving, give offmuch less heat than incandescent light bulbs with similar light output,and has long life span wile offering high realibility. Please refer toFIG. 3, which shows a backlight module disclosed in TW Pat. No.94120669. The backligh module 40 is comprised of: a light guide plate12, having a fluorescent layer 16 coated on the light exiting surface 24thereof; an LED device, being subatantially a case 30 packaging an LEDchip 28 and a epoxy 32; and a light screen 18, disposed at a side of theLED device 14 opposite to that proximate to the light guide plate 12. Bywhich, as the light L_(EX) emitted form the LED device 14 is directed toenter the substrate 22 of the light guide plate 12 form the lightentrance 20, a portion of the light L_(EX) will be absorbed by thefluorescent layer 16 for causing the light L_(PHO) to be excited whilemixing with the remaining L_(EX), not absorbed by the fluorescent layer16. The mixture of the L_(PHO) and the remaining L_(EX), represented asthe light L_(WH), is then being discharged out of the light exittingsurface 24. The aforesaid backlight module can free from the problemtroubling other conventional backlight modules that it is difficult tocoat a layer of fluorescence material onto the surface of an LEDuniformly and even which cause the resulting backlight module to havepoor luminous efficiency. However, although in the faoresaid backlightmodule, the fluorescent layer can be either coated on the light exittingsurface 24 or on the reflective surface 26, or can be doped in thesubstrate 22, it can only response to those L_(EX) that had alreadyentered the light guide plate 16, and thus suffers the same prlblem ofpoor light utilization efficiency of the backlight module disclosed inU.S. Pat. No. 5,739,879.

To sum up, the primary reasons for those prior-art backlight module tohave poor luminous efficiency are that the light emitted from the lightsource can not be completely directed to enter the light guide plate,and most of the visible light excited form the surface of thefluorescent layer is filtered by the fluorescent layer before it isbeing discharged therefrom, in addition to that the fluorescent layer isnot made of a good translucent material, such that the light utilizationefficiency is poor.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the disadvantages of prior art, the primary object of thepresent invention is to provide a brightness-enhanced light-emittingstructure of a side-type backlight module applicable to a liquid crystaldisplay, capable of emitting visible light rays, being primarily excitedfrom the surface of the fluorescent/phosphorescent coating of a visiblelight layer, in a reflective manner, so that not only the lightutilization efficiency, but also the intensity of light as it isentering a light guide plate, are greatly improved.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides abrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of a side-type backlightmodule applicable to a liquid crystal display, comprising:

-   -   a light screen, being a partial-open tube-like structure, having        a primary visible light layer coated on the inner circumference        thereof;    -   a light cover, substantially being an extending of a side of the        light screen while being bended inwardly with respect to the        primary visible light layer, having a light reflecting layer        formed on the inner circumference thereof; and    -   a light-emitting source, being a bar-shaped tube or light        emitting diode, capable of emitting blue/ultraviolet light while        being enclosed in the concave of the light cover.

Moreover, in a preferred aspect, to achieve the above object, thepresent invention provides a brightness-enhanced light-emittingstructure of a side-type backlight module applicable to a liquid crystaldisplay, comprising:

-   -   a light screen, being a partial-open tube-like structure, having        a primary visible light layer coated on the inner circumference        thereof;    -   two light covers, one of which being substantially an extending        of a side of the light screen while being bended inwardly with        respect to the primary visible light layer, and another one        being substantially an extending of another side of the light        screen while being bended inwardly with respect to the primary        visible light layer, each having a light reflecting layer formed        on the inner circumference thereof; and    -   at least a light-emitting source, each being a bar-shaped tube        or light emitting diode, capable of emitting blue/ultraviolet        light while being enclosed in the concave of the corresponding        light cover.

In a preferred aspect, the area enclosed by the light covers and thelight screen, that is illuminated by the blue/ultraviolet light of theat least one light-emitting source, can be further sealed and filledwith an inert gas. As the sealing and the filling with inert gas areknown to those skilled in the art and are similar to those conventionallight tubes, they are not described further herein.

Other aspects and advantages of the present invention will becomeapparent from the following detailed description, taken in conjunctionwith the accompanying drawings, illustrating by way of example theprinciples of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows a conventional backlight module/

FIG. 2 shows an ultraviolet-emitting backlight module, disclosed in U.S.Pat. No. 5,739,879, entitled “Backlighting device for liquid crystaldisplays”.

FIG. 3 shows a backlight module disclosed in TW Pat. No. 94120669.

FIG. 4 shows a brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure according toa preferred embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a brightness-enhancedlight-emitting structure of the invention, being connected to a lightguide plate, whereas a specific angle defined by the light-exiting partis a right angle.

FIG. 5A is a schematic diagram showing a brightness-enhancedlight-emitting structure similar to that of FIG. 5, whereas the UVabsorbing layer is replaced by a biconvex cylindrical lens.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a brightness-enhancedlight-emitting structure similar to that of FIG. 5, whereas a specificangle defined by the light-exiting part is not a right angle.

FIG. 7 to FIG. 9 are brightness-enhanced light-emitting structures whichare structured similar to that of FIG. 6, but with different arrangementof light-emitting sources.

FIG. 10 to FIG. 15 are brightness-enhanced light-emitting structureswhich are structured similar to that of FIG. 4, but with light screensof different shapes.

FIG. 16 is a variation of the brightness-enhanced light-emittingstructure of FIG. 15.

FIG. 17 is a variation of the brightness-enhanced light-emittingstructure of FIG. 16.

FIG. 18 is another variation of the brightness-enhanced light-emittingstructure of FIG. 16.

FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram showing a brightness-enhancedlight-emitting structure having two light-emitting source beingsymmetrically arranged with respect to a light guide plate.

FIG. 20 is a variation of the brightness-enhanced light-emittingstructure of FIG. 17.

FIG. 21 is a variation of the brightness-enhanced light-emittingstructure of FIG. 20.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

For your esteemed members of reviewing committee to further understandand recognize the fulfilled functions and structural characteristics ofthe invention, several preferable embodiments cooperating with detaileddescription are presented as the follows.

Please refer to FIG. 4, which shows a brightness-enhanced light-emittingstructure according to a preferred embodiment of the invention. Thebrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure 2 for side-type backlightmodules is comprised of: a light screen 3, being a partial-opentube-like structure, having a visible light layer 6 coated on the innercircumference thereof; a light cover 4, substantially being an extendingof a side of the light screen 3 while being bended inwardly with respectto the visible light layer 6, having a light reflecting layer 21 formedon the inner circumference thereof; and a light-emitting source 5, eachbeing a bar-shaped tube capable of emitting blue/ultraviolet light whilebeing enclosed in the concave of the light cover 4. It is noted that asthe light screen 3, the light cover 4 and the light-emitting source 5are all tube-like objects, it is preferred to represent those by theircross sections hereinafter, as seen in FIG. 4.

In FIG. 4, the cross sections of the light screen 3 and the light cover4 are respectively defined by arc curves. Moreover, the visible lightlayer 6 is a layer selected from the group consisting of a fluorescentcoating, a phosphorescent coating and a light reflecting layer having aninner surface coated with at least one of the aforesaid coatings, In apreferred aspect, the visible light layer 6 is substantially an array ofvisible light excitation spots, which can be used for adjusting thecolor temperature of the light emitting therefrom as the it can adjustthe amount of yellow light excited from the plural visible lightexcitation spots while mixing the same with the blue light emitted fromthe light-emitting source 5. As the invisible light of thelight-emitting source 5 shine on the visible light layer 6, visiblelight 52 will be excited and discharged therefrom in a way that it willexit the light screen 3 through the light exiting part 7, formed betweena sidewall of the light cover 4 and that of the light screen 3 as a gaptherebetween. It is known that, for visible light or UV light, theluminous efficiency of a flawless reflective fluorescent apparatus isbetter than that of any conventional fluorescent apparatus whichrequires the excited visible light to pass through the fluorescent layerbefore being emitted. Therefore, the aforesaid visible light 52 isexcited form the surface of the visible light layer 6 and will not befiltered by the visible light layer 6 before it is being discharged, sothat the light utilization efficiency is enhanced while the brightnessof the side-type backlight module using the brightness-enhancedlight-emitting structure 2 is improved.

Please refer to FIG. 5, which is a schematic diagram showing abrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of the invention, beingconnected to a light guide plate, whereas a specific angle θ₁ defined bythe light-exiting part is a right angle. As seen in FIG. 5, the lightexiting part 7 is connected to a light guide plate 8, whereas the lightguide plates is comprised of a light exiting surface 83, a reflectivesurface 82, a proximal edge 81 neighboring the light exiting part 7, anda distant edge 84 opposite to the proximal edge 81 of the light guideplate 7. Moreover, a clipping apparatus 31, 41 is arranged at a proximaledge 81 of the light guide plate 8 proximate to the light exiting part 7while being connected to the light screen 3 and the light cover 4, thatis used for securing the proximal edge 81 of the light guide plate 8upon the light exiting part 7. In addition, a UV absorbing layer 9 isdisposed at a location between the exit of the light exiting part 7 andthe proximal edge 81 of the light guide plate 8, whereas the UVabsorbing layer 9 is a layer selected from the group consisting of atransparent TiO2 coating, a transparent ITO coating, a bar-shapedtransparent glass plate capable of preventing the transmission of UVlight, a bar-shaped glass block and the combination thereof. It is vitalto dispose the UV absorbing layer 9 at the aforesaid position forabsorbing residue ultraviolet light while permitting those dischargedvisible light to penetrate, so that the damage of ultraviolet light canbe prevented. Furthermore, as most light guide plates 8 are made ofresin, that it can becoming yellowish as being illuminated by UV lightfor a certain period of time, the disposition of the UV absorbing layer9 can prevent the light guide plate 8 becoming yellowish. However, ifthe light guide plate 8 is made of glass, the disposition of the UVabsorbing layer 9 is not necessary.

It is known to those skilled in the art that the function of the UVabsorbing layer 9 can be replaced by a biconvex cylindrical lens 91, asthe embodiment shown in FIG. 5A. By replacing the UV absorbing layer 9with the biconvex cylindrical lens 91, it is intended to direct morereflected visible light 52 into the light guide plate 8, and since othercomponents of FIG. 5A are similar to those shown in FIG. 5, they are notdescribed further herein.

Please refer to FIG. 6, which is a schematic diagram showing abrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure similar to that of FIG. 5,whereas a specific angle defined by the light-exiting part is not aright angle. As seen in FIG. 6, the brightness-enhanced light-emittingstructure 2 for side-type backlight modules is comprised of: a lightscreen 3, a light cover 4 having a light reflecting layer 21 formedtherein, and a light-emitting source 5, wherein a visible light layer 6is coated on the inner circumference of the light screen 3 while a lightexiting part 7 is structured at a location between the light screen 3and the light cover 4 by the sidewalls of the two; and the light exitingpart 7 is further connected to a light guide plate 8, being comprised ofa light exiting surface 83, a reflective surface 82, a proximal edge 81neighboring the light exiting part 7, and a distant edge 84 opposite tothe proximal edge 81 of the light guide plate 8. Moreover, a clippingapparatus 31, 41 is arranged at a proximal edge 81 of the light guideplate 8 proximate to the light exiting part 7 while being connected tothe light screen 3 and the light cover 4, that is used for securing theproximal edge 81 of the light guide plate 8 upon the light exiting part7. In addition, a UV absorbing layer 19 is disposed at a locationbetween the exit of the light exiting part 7 and the proximal edge 81 ofthe light guide plate 8. As all the aforesaid components of FIG. 6 aresimilar to those shown in FIG. 5, they are not described further herein.The difference between the brightness-enhanced light-emitting structureof FIG. 5 and that of FIG. 6 is that: the specific angle θ₂ defined bythe light-exiting part 7 is not a right angle whereas the specific angleθ₁ of FIG. 5 is a right angle. For adapting to the specific angle θ₂,the UV absorbing layer 19 is formed as a trapezoid object. Moreover, thetwo surfaces of the clipping apparatus 31, 41, that are facing towardthe light guide plate 8, are respectively coated by two visible lightlayers 311, 411, each has light reflecting capability. It is emphasizedand illustrated in the embodiment of FIG. 6 that the arrangement of thebrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure along with the dispositionof the light guide plate can be varied with respect to actualrequirement, e.g. the light exiting surface 83 of the light guide plate8 can be disposed not perpendicular to the light exiting part 7. As forthe light guide plate 8 can be a rectangular light guide plate or awedge-shaped light guide plate, it is known to those skilled in the artand thus is not described further herein.

Please refer to FIG. 7 to FIG. 9, which are brightness-enhancedlight-emitting structures similar to that of FIG. 6, but with differentarrangement of light-emitting sources. As those shown in FIG. 7 to FIG.9 are basing on that shown in FIG. 6 which have components the same asthose of FIG. 6, only the differences between those and that shown inFIG. 6 are described further hereinafter. In FIG. 7, different from onlyone light-emitting source, there are two parallel-arrangedlight-emitting sources 5 a, 5 b, being received and enclosed by thelight cover 4 while enabling the UV light of both the two light-emittingsources 5 a, 5 b to illuminate directly upon the visible light layer 6.In FIG. 8, different from the two parallel-arranged light-emittingsources 5 a, 5 b, there are two serial-arranged light-emitting sources 5c, 5 d, being received and enclosed by the light cover 4 while enablingonly the UV light of the light-emitting sources 5 c to illuminatedirectly upon the visible light layer 6. In FIG. 9, different from thelight-emitting source being a bar-shaped tube, it is a light emittingdiode (LED) 5 e. It is noted that if the light emitting diode 5 e ofFIG. 9 is a blue LED, the disposition of the UV absorbing layer 19 ofFIG. 6 is not required while the proximal edge 81 of the light guideplate 8 can be extended to connect directly with the light exiting part7, and the visible light layer 6 can be a coating of a fluorescentmaterial capable of being excited to emit yellow light, by which thebrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of FIG. 9 can dischargewhite light by the mixture of the blue light of the blue LED 5 e and theexcited yellow light. From the above description, it is known that therecan be a variety of light emitting device capable of being adopted asthe light-emitting source of the invention. For instance, the LED 5 ecan be a lead-type LED or a surface-mount LED, or the light-emittingsource can be an array of light emitting devices, being received in thelight cover 4, while the appearance of the light cover 4 is varying withrespect to the amount and type of the light-emitting device.

Please refer to FIG. 10 to FIG. 15, which are brightness-enhancedlight-emitting structures similar to that of FIG. 4, but with lightscreens of different shapes. As those shown in FIG. 10 to FIG. 15 arebasing on that shown in FIG. 4 which have components the same as thoseof FIG. 4, only the differences between those and that shown in FIG. 4are described further hereinafter. The difference between thebrightness-enhanced light-emitting structures 2 a˜2 f are the shapes oftheir light screens, that is, the cross-sectional contours of the lightscreens 3 a˜3 f are not the same, whereas the cross section of the lightscreen 3 a is defined by an inward-bending parabolic curve; that of thelight screen 3 b is defined by an outward-extending parabolic curve; andthose of the light screens 3 c˜3 e are respectively defined by atriangle, a rectangle, and a trapezoid; and that of the light screen 3 fis defined by the combination of a curve and a straight line. Therefore,it is concluded that a contour of a cross section of the light screen ofthe invention can be defined by a function selected from the groupconsisting of a function of a geometrical curve, a function of a polygonand the combination thereof. Furthermore, the light-emitting sourcesused in the embodiments shown in FIG. 10 to FIG. 15 can be those shownin FIG. 7 to FIG. 7 while the light screens used in FIG. 7 to FIG. 9 canbe those shown in FIG. 10 to FIG. 15. In addition, a contour of a crosssection of the light cover 4 of the invention can also be defined by afunction selected from the group consisting of a function of ageometrical curve, a function of a polygon and the combination thereof.

Please refer to FIG. 16, which is a variation of the brightness-enhancedlight-emitting structure of FIG. 15. Similar to that shown in FIG. 5,the brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure 20 for side-typebacklight modules is comprised of: a light screen 30, a light cover 40,and a light-emitting source 50, wherein a visible light layer 60 iscoated on the inner circumference of the light screen 30 while a lightexiting part 70 is structured at a location between the light screen 30and the light cover 40 by the sidewalls of the two; and the lightexiting part 70 is further connected to a light guide plate. Thedifference between the brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure 20and that of FIG. 5 is that: a visible light reflection layer 61 isdisposed at a position between the light-emitting source 50 and thelight cover 40, whereas the visible light reflection layer 61 issubstantially an extending portion of the visible light layer 60.Similarly, the visible light reflection layer 61 is a layer selectedfrom the group consisting of a fluorescent coating, a phosphorescentcoating and a light reflecting layer having an inner surface coated withat least one of the aforesaid coatings. Please refer to FIG. 17, whichis a variation of the brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure ofFIG. 16. Similar to that shown in FIG. 16, the brightness-enhancedlight-emitting structure 120 for side-type backlight modules iscomprised of: a light screen 130, a light cover 140, and alight-emitting source 150, wherein a visible light layer 160 is coatedon the inner circumference of the light screen 130 while a light exitingpart 170 is structured at a location between the light screen 130 andthe light cover 140 by the sidewalls of the two. The differences betweenthe brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure 120 and that of FIG. 16is that:

-   -   (1) The visible light layer 160 is is a layer selected from the        group consisting of a fluorescent coating, a phosphorescent        coating and a light reflecting layer having an inner surface        coated with at least one of the aforesaid coatings.    -   (2) There is a shutter, composed of a plural of light reflecting        sheets 191 that is disposed at the light exiting part 170 and        used for reflecting the light of the light-emitting source 150        while receiving light from the visible light layer 160. It is        noted that the intervals spacing any two of the plural light        reflecting sheets 191 in the shutter are different from each        other in a way that the smaller the closer to the light-emitting        source 150 while the larger the farther to the light-emitting        source 150. As there are more light reflecting sheets 191 being        arranged at area near the light-emitting source 150 than those        being arranged at area farther away from the light-emitting        source 150, more reflected light are blocked from being        discharged from area near the light-emitting source 150 while        less are blocked from being discharged from area farther away        from the light-emitting source 150, and thus the reflected        visible light can be discharged out of the light exiting part        170 uniformly.    -   (3) There is a lens 200, being disposed at a position of a light        path traveling between the light exiting part 170 and the        light-emitting source 150. In a preferred aspect, the lens can        be a device selected from the group consisting of a biconvex        cylindrical lens, a plano-convex lens, a lens with a plurality        of pedestals, and the combination thereof. The function of the        lens 200 is to focus the blue/ultraviolet light emitted from the        light-emitting source 150 for enabling the invisible light to        shine on the visible light layer 160 uniformly.

In addition, a UV absorbing layer 190 is disposed at a location at theexit of the light exiting part 170 while it is further connected to alight guide plate, that the UV absorbing layer 190 is functioned similarto those shown in FIG. 5 to FIG. 9, and thus is not described furtherherein. Similar to the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, if the light emittedfrom the light-emitting source 150 of FIG. 17 is UV light, the lens 200should be arranged inside the light exiting part 170 while being made ofa quartz material that is capable of allowing the transmission of UVlight.

Please refer to FIG. 18, which is another variation of thebrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of FIG. 16. Similar to thatshown in FIG. 16, the brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure 220for side-type backlight modules is comprised of: a light screen 230, alight cover 240 having a light reflecting layer 251 formed therein, anda light-emitting source 250, wherein a visible light layer 260 is coatedon the inner circumference of the light screen 230 while a light exitingpart 270 is structured at a location between the light screen 230 andthe light cover 240 by the sidewalls of the two; and the light exitingpart 270 is further connected to a light guide plate 280. By which,almost all the light excited by the visible light layer 260 andreflected by the light screen 230 is sufficiently directed to enter thelight guide plate 280, such that almost no light is blocked fromentering the light guide plate 280 by the light-emitting source 250itself, and the excited visible light is reflected to enter the samewithout being filtered by the visible light layer.

Please refer to FIG. 19, which is a schematic diagram showing abrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure having two light-emittingsource being symmetrically arranged with respect to a light guide plate.The brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure 320 for side-typebacklight modules is comprised of: a light screen 330; two light cover340, being symmetrically arranged with respect to the light screen 330while each having a light reflecting layer 351 formed therein; and twolight-emitting source 350, respectively being received and enclosed byits corresponding light cover 340; wherein a visible light layer 360 iscoated on the inner circumference of the light screen 330 while a lightexiting part 370 is structured at a location between the light screen330 and the two light cover 340 by the sidewalls thereof; and a UVabsorbing layer 390 is arranged at the exit of the light exiting part370 that is further connected to a light guide plate 380. Similarly, thedual light-emitting source can be adopted by the embodiments shown in,FIG. 5A, FIG. 6 to FIG. 9 while the light screens used in FIG. 10 toFIG. 17 can also be adopted.

Please refer to FIG. 20, which is a variation of the brightness-enhancedlight-emitting structure of FIG. 17. The brightness-enhancedlight-emitting structure 420 for side-type backlight modules iscomprised of: a light screen 430, having a light exiting part 470; alight cover 440 having a light reflecting layer formed therein 421; anda light-emitting source 450, wherein the light-emitting source 450,substantially being a tube capable of emitting blue light; wherein thelight exiting part 470 is further connected to a light guide plate 8 bythe use of a clipping apparatus 431, 441; and the light guide plate 8,made of a quartz material, is further comprised of a light exitingsurface 83, a reflective surface 82, a proximal edge 81 neighboring thelight exiting part 7, and a distant edge 84 opposite to the proximaledge 81 of the light guide plate 8. Moreover, a light reflecting shield480 is arranged to enclose the reflective surface 82 and the distantedge 84 opposite to the proximal edge 81 of the light guide plate 8,while sandwiching a plurality of visible light excitation spots 461between the reflective surface 82 and the light reflecting shield 480 ina manner that the closer to the light-emitting source 450 the smallerthe area is covered by the visible light excitation spots 461, and thefarther to the light-emitting source 450 the larger the area is coveredby the visible light excitation spots 461, similar to the distributionof those visible light excitation spots 161 shown in FIG. 17, that is,the density of the visible light excitation spots 461 or the area ofeach of the same is increasing as it is distributed farther from thelight-emitting source 450. Thereby, the reflected visible light can bedischarged out of the light exiting surface 83 uniformly.

Please refer to FIG. 21, which is a variation of the brightness-enhancedlight-emitting structure of FIG. 20. Similar to that shown in FIG. 20,the brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure 520 for side-typebacklight modules is comprised of: a light screen 530, having a lightexiting part 570; a light cover 540; and at least a light-emittingsource 550, capable of emitting blue or UV light; wherein thelight-emitting source 450; wherein the light exiting part 470 is furtherconnected to a light guide plate 8 by the use of a clipping apparatus531, 541; and the light guide plate 8, having a UV absorbing layer 522covered thereon, is further comprised of a light exiting surface 83arranged at the top thereof, a reflective surface 82 arranged at thebottom thereon, a proximal edge 81 neighboring the light exiting part 7,and a distant edge 84 opposite to the proximal edge 81 of the lightguide plate 8. Moreover, a light reflecting shield 580 is arranged toenclose the reflective surface 82 and the distant edge 84 opposite tothe proximal edge 81 of the light guide plate 8, while sandwiching aplurality of visible light excitation spots 561 between the reflectivesurface 82 and the light reflecting shield 580. As all the aforesaidcomponents of FIG. 21 are similar to those shown in FIG. 20, they arenot described further herein. The difference between the embodiment ofFIG. 21 with that of FIG. 20 is that: each of the at least onelight-emitting source 550 of FIG. 21 is a blue LED while beingpositioned to enable an included angle θ₃ to be formed between thecenter axis 551 of the LED 550 and the normal line of the reflectivesurface 82. By the formation of the included angle θ₃, the light of theLED 550 enabled to enter the light guide plate in a slanted manner.Hence, by the cooperation of the slanted incident light and thedistribution of the plural visible light excitation spots, totalreflection can be achieved while enabling the visible light to bedischarged more uniformly. Moreover, it is noted that the tube-likelight-emitting source 450 of FIG. 20 can be replaced and substituted bythe LED 550 of FIG. 21, and vice versa. That is, the LED 550 of FIG. 21can be received and enclosed by the light screen 430 of FIG. 20, and thelight-emitting source 450 of FIG. 21 can be biased-arranged in the lightscreen 530 of FIG. 21.

In a preferred aspect, the area enclosed by the light covers and thelight screen, that is illuminated by the blue/ultraviolet light of theat least one light-emitting source, can be further sealed and filledwith an inert gas. As the sealing and the filling with inert gas areknown to those skilled in the art and are similar to those conventionallight tubes, they are not described further herein.

To sum up, the present invention provides a backlight module capable ofemitting visible light rays, primarily excited from the surface of thefluorescent/phosphorescent coating of a visible light layer, in areflective manner, so that not only the light utilization efficiency andthe intensity of light as it is entering light guide plates is greatlyimproved, but also it can be adapted for any luminescent assembly,device and apparatus.

While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been set forth forthe purpose of disclosure, modifications of the disclosed embodiment ofthe invention as well as other embodiments thereof may occur to thoseskilled in the art. Accordingly, the appended claims are intended tocover all embodiments which do not depart from the spirit and scope ofthe invention.

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 87. A brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of aside-type backlight module applicable to a liquid crystal display,comprising: a light screen, being a partial-open tube-like structure,having a primary visible light layer coated on the inner circumferencethereof; a light cover, substantially being an extending of a side ofthe light screen while being bended inwardly with respect to the primaryvisible light layer; a light exiting part, structured at a locationbetween the light screen and the light cover by the sidewalls of thetwo; a light guide plate, being comprised of a light exiting surface, areflective surface, a proximal edge neighboring the light exiting partwhile being fixedly connected to a clipping apparatus; and at least alight-emitting source, each being a bar-shaped tube capable of emittingblue/ultraviolet light while being enclosed in the concave of the lightcover; wherein, the clipping apparatus is arranged at a positionproximate to the light exiting part while being connected to the lightscreen and the light cover.
 88. The brightness-enhanced light-emittingstructure of claim 87, wherein a contour of a cross section of the lightscreen is defined by a function selected from the group consisting of afunction of a geometrical curve, a function of a polygon and thecombination thereof.
 89. The brightness-enhanced light-emittingstructure of claim 87, wherein a contour of a cross section of the lightcover is defined by a function selected from the group consisting of afunction of a geometrical curve, a function of a polygon and thecombination thereof.
 90. The brightness-enhanced light-emittingstructure of claim 87, wherein the visible light layer is a layerselected from the group consisting of a fluorescent coating, aphosphorescent coating and a light reflecting layer having an innersurface coated with at least one of the aforesaid coatings.
 91. Thebrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim 87, wherein thevisible light layer is extendedly disposed on an inner sidewall of thelight screen facing toward the light-emitting source.
 92. Thebrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim 87, wherein thevisible light layer is designed to be an array of a plurality of visiblelight excitation spots as the light-emitting source is emitting bluelight.
 93. The brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim 92,wherein the closer to the light-emitting source the smaller the area ofthe inner sidewall is covered by the visible light excitation spots,while the farther to the light-emitting source the larger the area ofthe inner sidewall is covered by the visible light excitation spots. 94.The brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim 92, whereineach of the plural visible light excitation spots is a spot selectedfrom the group consisting of a fluorescent coating, a phosphorescentcoating and a light reflecting spot having an inner surface coated withat least one of the aforesaid coatings.
 95. The brightness-enhancedlight-emitting structure of claim 87, wherein the light cover isstructured as one of the following: a surface of the light cover is alight reflecting layer, and a light reflecting layer is formed on thesurface of the light cover.
 96. The brightness-enhanced light-emittingstructure of claim 87, wherein the light-exiting part has a UV absorbinglayer disposed thereon.
 97. The brightness-enhanced light-emittingstructure of claim 96, wherein the UV absorbing layer is a layerselected from the group consisting of a transparent TiO2 coating, atransparent ITO coating, a bar-shaped transparent glass plate capable ofpreventing the transmission of UV light, a bar-shaped glass block andthe combination thereof.
 98. The brightness-enhanced light-emittingstructure of claim 96, wherein the UV absorbing layer further comprises:at least a lens, being disposed at the exit of the light-exiting part.99. The brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim 87,wherein the light guide plate is selected from a group consisting of arectangular light guide plate and a wedge-shaped light guide plate. 100.The brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim 87, whereinthe light exiting surface of the light guide plate is not disposedperpendicular to the light exiting part.
 101. The brightness-enhancedlight-emitting structure of claim 87, wherein a visible light layer isformed on a surface of the clipping apparatus facing toward the lightguide plate.
 102. The brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure ofclaim 101, wherein the visible light layer is a layer selected from thegroup consisting of a fluorescent coating, a phosphorescent coating anda light reflecting layer having an inner surface coated with at leastone of the aforesaid coatings.
 103. The brightness-enhancedlight-emitting structure of claim 87, further comprising: at least alens, each being disposed at a position of a light path travelingbetween the light exiting part and the light-emitting source.
 104. Abrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of a side-type backlightmodule applicable to a liquid crystal display, comprising: a lightscreen, being a partial-open tube-like structure, having a primaryvisible light layer coated on the inner circumference thereof; two lightcovers, one of which being substantially an extending of a side of thelight screen while being bended inwardly with respect to the primaryvisible light layer, and another one being substantially an extending ofanother side of the light screen while being bended inwardly withrespect to the primary visible light layer; a light exiting part,structured at a location between the light screen and the light cover bythe sidewalls of the two; a light guide plate, being comprised of alight exiting surface, a reflective surface, a proximal edge neighboringthe light exiting part while being fixedly connected to a clippingapparatus; and at least a light-emitting source, each being a bar-shapedtube capable of emitting blue/ultraviolet light while being enclosed inthe concave of the corresponding light cover; wherein, the clippingapparatus is arranged at a position proximate to the light exiting partwhile being connected to the light screen and the light cover.
 105. Thebrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim 104, wherein acontour of a cross section of the light screen is defined by a functionselected from the group consisting of a function of a geometrical curve,a function of a polygon and the combination thereof.
 106. Thebrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim 104, wherein acontour of a cross section of any one of the two light covers is definedby a function selected from the group consisting of a function of ageometrical curve, a function of a polygon and the combination thereof.107. The brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim 104,wherein the visible light layer is a layer selected from the groupconsisting of a fluorescent coating, a phosphorescent coating and alight reflecting layer having an inner surface coated with at least oneof the aforesaid coatings.
 108. The brightness-enhanced light-emittingstructure of claim 104, wherein the visible light layer is extendedlydisposed on an inner sidewall of the light screen facing toward thelight-emitting source.
 109. The brightness-enhanced light-emittingstructure of claim 104, wherein the visible light layer is designed tobe an array of a plurality of visible light excitation spots as thelight-emitting source is emitting blue light.
 110. Thebrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim 109, wherein thecloser to the light-emitting source the smaller the area of the innersidewall is covered by the visible light excitation spots, while thefarther to the light-emitting source the larger the area of the innersidewall is covered by the visible light excitation spots.
 111. Thebrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim 109, wherein eachof the plural visible light excitation spots is a spot selected from thegroup consisting of a fluorescent coating, a phosphorescent coating anda light reflecting spot having an inner surface coated with at least oneof the aforesaid coatings.
 112. The brightness-enhanced light-emittingstructure of claim 104, wherein a surface layer of each light cover is alayer selected from the group consisting of: a light-reflecting layercoated on the surface thereof, and a light-reflecting screen addedthereon.
 113. The brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim104, wherein the light-exiting part has a UV absorbing layer disposedthereon.
 114. The brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim113, wherein the UV absorbing layer is a layer selected from the groupconsisting of a transparent TiO2 coating, a transparent ITO coating, abar-shaped transparent glass plate capable of preventing thetransmission of UV light, a bar-shaped glass block and the combinationthereof.
 115. The brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim113, wherein the UV absorbing layer further comprises: at least a lens,being disposed at the exit of the light-exiting part.
 116. Thebrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim 104, wherein thelight guide plate is selected from a group consisting of a rectangularlight guide plate and a wedge-shaped light guide plate.
 117. Thebrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim 104, wherein thelight exiting surface of the light guide plate is not disposedperpendicular to the light exiting part.
 118. The brightness-enhancedlight-emitting structure of claim 104, wherein a visible light layer isformed on a surface of the clipping apparatus facing toward the lightguide plate.
 119. The brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure ofclaim 118, wherein the visible light layer is a layer selected from thegroup consisting of a fluorescent coating, a phosphorescent coating anda light reflecting layer having an inner surface coated with at leastone of the aforesaid coatings.
 120. The brightness-enhancedlight-emitting structure of claim 104, wherein a light reflecting shieldis arranged to enclose the reflective surface and a distant edgeopposite to the proximal edge of the light guide plate, whilesandwiching a plurality of visible light excitation spots between thereflective surface and the light reflecting shield in a manner that thecloser to the light-emitting source the smaller the area of the innersidewall is covered by the visible light excitation spots, and thefarther to the light-emitting source the larger the area of the innersidewall is covered by the visible light excitation spots.
 121. Thebrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim 104, furthercomprising: at least a lens, each being disposed at a position of alight path traveling between the light exiting part and thelight-emitting source.
 122. A brightness-enhanced light-emittingstructure of a side-type backlight module applicable to a liquid crystaldisplay, comprising: a light screen, being a partial-open tube-likestructure, having a primary visible light layer coated on the innercircumference thereof; a light cover, substantially being an extendingof a side of the light screen while being bended inwardly with respectto the primary visible light layer; a light exiting part, structured ata location between the light screen and the light cover by the sidewallsof the two; a light guide plate, being comprised of a light exitingsurface, a reflective surface, a proximal edge neighboring the lightexiting part while being fixedly connected to a clipping apparatus; anda light-emitting source, being a light emitting diode capable ofemitting blue/ultraviolet light while being enclosed in the concave ofthe light cover; wherein, the clipping apparatus is arranged at aposition proximate to the light exiting part while being connected tothe light screen and the light cover.
 123. The brightness-enhancedlight-emitting structure of claim 122, wherein a contour of a crosssection of the light screen is defined by a function selected from thegroup consisting of a function of a geometrical curve, a function of apolygon and the combination thereof.
 124. The brightness-enhancedlight-emitting structure of claim 122, wherein a contour of a crosssection of the light cover is defined by a function selected from thegroup consisting of a function of a geometrical curve, a function of apolygon and the combination thereof.
 125. The brightness-enhancedlight-emitting structure of claim 122, wherein the visible light layeris a layer selected from the group consisting of a fluorescent coating,a phosphorescent coating and a light reflecting layer having an innersurface coated with at least one of the aforesaid coatings.
 126. Thebrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim 122, wherein thevisible light layer is extendedly disposed on an inner sidewall of thelight screen facing toward the light-emitting source.
 127. Thebrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim 122, wherein thevisible light layer is designed to be an array of a plurality of visiblelight excitation spots as the light-emitting source is emitting bluelight.
 128. The brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim127, wherein the closer to the light-emitting source the smaller thearea of the inner sidewall is covered by the visible light excitationspots, while the farther to the light-emitting source the larger thearea of the inner sidewall is covered by the visible light excitationspots.
 129. The brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim127, wherein each of the plural visible light excitation spots is a spotselected from the group consisting of a fluorescent coating, aphosphorescent coating and a light reflecting spot having an innersurface coated with at least one of the aforesaid coatings.
 130. Thebrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim 122, wherein asurface layer of each light cover is a layer selected from the groupconsisting of: a light-reflecting layer coated on the surface thereof,and a light-reflecting screen added thereon.
 131. Thebrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim 122, wherein thelight-exiting part has a UV absorbing layer disposed thereon,
 132. Thebrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim 131, wherein theUV absorbing layer is a layer selected from the group consisting of atransparent TiO2 coating, a transparent ITO coating, a bar-shapedtransparent glass plate capable of preventing the transmission of UVlight, a bar-shaped glass block and the combination thereof.
 133. Thebrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim 131, wherein theUV absorbing layer further comprises: at least a lens, being disposed atthe exit of the light-exiting part.
 134. The brightness-enhancedlight-emitting structure of claim 122, wherein the light guide plate isselected from a group consisting of a rectangular light guide plate anda wedge-shaped light guide plate.
 135. The brightness-enhancedlight-emitting structure of claim 122, wherein the light exiting surfaceof the light guide plate is not disposed perpendicular to the lightexiting part.
 136. The brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure ofclaim 122, wherein a visible light layer is formed on a surface of theclipping apparatus facing toward the light guide plate.
 137. Thebrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim 136, wherein thevisible light layer is a layer selected from the group consisting of afluorescent coating, a phosphorescent coating and a light reflectinglayer having an inner surface coated with at least one of the aforesaidcoatings.
 138. The brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim122, wherein a light reflecting shield is arranged to enclose thereflective surface and a distant edge opposite to the proximal edge ofthe light guide plate, while sandwiching a plurality of visible lightexcitation spots between the reflective surface and the light reflectingshield in a manner that the closer to the light-emitting source thesmaller the area of the inner sidewall is covered by the visible lightexcitation spots, and the farther to the light-emitting source thelarger the area of the inner sidewall is covered by the visible lightexcitation spots.
 139. The brightness-enhanced light-emitting structureof claim 122, wherein the light-emitting source is a device selectedfrom the group consisting of a lead-type light emitting diode, asurface-mount light emitting diode, and the combination thereof. 140.The brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim 122, furthercomprising: at least a lens, each being disposed at a position of alight path traveling between the light exiting part and thelight-emitting source.
 141. A brightness-enhanced light-emittingstructure of a side-type backlight module applicable to a liquid crystaldisplay, comprising: a light screen, being a partial-open tube-likestructure, having a primary visible light layer coated on the innercircumference thereof; two light covers, one of which beingsubstantially an extending of a side of the light screen while beingbended inwardly with respect to the primary visible light layer, andanother one being substantially an extending of another side of thelight screen while being bended inwardly with respect to the primaryvisible light layer; a light exiting part, structured at a locationbetween the light screen and the light cover by the sidewalls of thetwo; a light guide plate, being comprised of a light exiting surface, areflective surface, a proximal edge neighboring the light exiting partwhile being fixedly connected to a clipping apparatus; and at least alight-emitting source, each being a light emitting diode capable ofemitting blue/ultraviolet light while being enclosed in the concave ofthe corresponding light cover; wherein, the clipping apparatus isarranged at a position proximate to the light exiting part while beingconnected to the light screen and the light cover.
 142. Thebrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim 141, wherein acontour of a cross section of the light screen is defined by a functionselected from the group consisting of a function of a geometrical curve,a function of a polygon and the combination thereof.
 143. Thebrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim 141, wherein acontour of a cross section of any one of the two light covers is definedby a function selected from the group consisting of a function of ageometrical curve, a function of a polygon and the combination thereof.144. The brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim 141,wherein the visible light layer is a layer selected from the groupconsisting of a fluorescent coating, a phosphorescent coating and alight reflecting layer having an inner surface coated with at least oneof the aforesaid coatings.
 145. The brightness-enhanced light-emittingstructure of claim 141, wherein the visible light layer is extendedlydisposed on an inner sidewall of the light screen facing toward thelight-emitting source.
 146. The brightness-enhanced light-emittingstructure of claim 141, wherein the visible light layer is designed tobe an array of a plurality of visible light excitation spots as thelight-emitting source is emitting blue light.
 147. Thebrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim 146, wherein thecloser to the light-emitting source the smaller the area of the innersidewall is covered by the visible light excitation spots, while thefarther to the light-emitting source the larger the area of the innersidewall is covered by the visible light excitation spots.
 148. Thebrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim 146, wherein eachof the plural visible light excitation spots is a spot selected from thegroup consisting of a fluorescent coating, a phosphorescent coating anda light reflecting spot having an inner surface coated with at least oneof the aforesaid coatings.
 149. The brightness-enhanced light-emittingstructure of claim 141, wherein a surface layer of each light cover is alayer selected from the group consisting of: a light-reflecting layercoated on the surface thereof, and a light-reflecting screen addedthereon.
 150. The brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim141, wherein the light-exiting part has a UV absorbing layer disposedthereon.
 151. The brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim150, wherein the UV absorbing layer is a layer selected from the groupconsisting of a transparent TiO2 coating, a transparent ITO coating, abar-shaped transparent glass plate capable of preventing thetransmission of UV light, a bar-shaped glass block and the combinationthereof.
 152. The brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim150, wherein the UV absorbing layer further comprises: at least a lens,being disposed at the exit of the light-exiting part.
 153. Thebrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim 141, wherein thelight guide plate is selected from a group consisting of a rectangularlight guide plate and a wedge-shaped light guide plate.
 154. Thebrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim 141, wherein thelight exiting surface of the light guide plate is not disposedperpendicular to the light exiting part.
 155. The brightness-enhancedlight-emitting structure of claim 141, wherein a visible light layer isformed on a surface of the clipping apparatus facing toward the lightguide plate.
 156. The brightness-enhanced light-emitting structure ofclaim 155, wherein the visible light layer is a layer selected from thegroup consisting of a fluorescent coating, a phosphorescent coating anda light reflecting layer having an inner surface coated with at leastone of the aforesaid coatings.
 157. The brightness-enhancedlight-emitting structure of claim 141, wherein a light reflecting shieldis arranged to enclose the reflective surface and a distant edgeopposite to the proximal edge of the light guide plate, whilesandwiching a plurality of visible light excitation spots between thereflective surface and the light reflecting shield in a manner that thecloser to the light-emitting source the smaller the area of the innersidewall is covered by the visible light excitation spots, and thefarther to the light-emitting source the larger the area of the innersidewall is covered by the visible light excitation spots.
 158. Thebrightness-enhanced light-emitting structure of claim 141, wherein thelight-emitting source is a device selected from the group consisting ofa lead-type light emitting diode, a surface-mount light emitting diode,and the combination thereof.
 159. The brightness-enhanced light-emittingstructure of claim 141, further comprising: at least a lens, each beingdisposed at a position of a light path traveling between the lightexiting part and the light-emitting source.